13th May 2024

Schools can sign up here to attend the Hillingdon Virtual School Conference on 3^rd July

By 14^th June

Hillingdon LEAP can be accessed for information and guidance for all settings

Ongoing

The SEND & Inclusion Training Brochure can be viewed here

Ongoing

The HLP Brochure can be viewed at Hillingdon Learning Partnership

Ongoing

Head Teachers' Termly Meeting - Summer 2024

This meeting is being held via MS Teams on Tuesday 18^th June from 10 am - 12 pm.  Agenda with link to join will be shared soon.  If you are unable make this date, please ask your Deputy to attend for you.

SEND Co-Production Charter

Ambition Group 4 has carried on the work of Priority Group 2 to co-produce a SEND Co-Production Charter for the local partnership.

This has been co-produced with partners from health and social care, schools and the LA. The easy read version has been co-produced by young people at our special schools, our Project Search interns, HRUC and other young people. The Charter identifies the Values we wish to uphold when working with children, young people and families with SEND in Hillingdon.

Both versions are available on the  SEND Local Offer for consultation and can be found on LEAP here:  Local Area Co-Production Charter.

Safeguarding Briefing

Please see a briefing note linked below agreed by the Safeguarding Partnership and ICB. The purpose is to raise awareness about a concerning 'cure' for ASD. 

There is also a media report here: Met investigates 'stem-cell autism cure' claim - BBC News 

Safeguarding Briefing May 2024 (PDF) [166KB]

VYED & Dual Registered Pupils

The Business Intelligence Team have been trying to understand why pupils are appearing in VYED with more than 450 possible sessions for the period 01/09/2023 to date.  One scenario we have identified revolves around dual registered pupils.  A small number of pupils have been identified that appear to be registered concurrently at 2 schools.  Both schools report then with an enrolment status "C", On-Roll flag of "True", a valid School Entry Date and no Leaving Date.  To us this indicates one of two situations, a pupil has not been off-rolled, or they are dual registered in which case the Enrolment Status flag is wrong.

With the forthcoming census we will pay particular to Enrolment Status and will identify schools with pupils who appear to be concurrently registered at two schools.  We have used the last school census to check that Enrolment Status is being reported correctly.  Most duplicates have the main school reporting the child with a status of "C", and the subsidiary school using the status code of "S".  There are also instances of "C" and "M".

These show the pupils are registered a more than one school, one of them implies using the "M" Enrolment Status that the pupil is dual registered.  This has an impact on VYED, both Possible Sessions numbers are reported for the same pupil.

Acceptable Enrolment Status Values are:

When completing your school census please run the "Duplicate Pupils Reports (Same UPN and Different UPN) to resolve these issues. In the May School Census, we will not approve returns that have duplicate pupils reported.

Please contact schoolcensus@hillingdon.gov.uk if you have any queries.

Marc Sherman, Business Intelligence Team

National Smile Month 13th May - 13th June 2024

We will be taking part in this year's 'National Smile Month' oral health campaign, which aims at keeping our teeth and mouth healthy.

This year's theme is 'Love Your Smile' and to celebrate we would like to invite children in your setting to take part in our Hillingdon competition and design a 'Love Your Smile' poster.  Please see attached competition entry for you to share in your setting.

National Smile Month Design A Poster Competition 2024 (PDF) [606KB]

We will also be offering primary schools the opportunity to book onto an online session to learn more about taking care of our smiles and there will also be an opportunity for all parents/carers to join a workshop about how to take care of our children's smiles too.  More information will be sent out soon.

For more information and resources for National Smile Month,  please visit the Oral Health Foundation:  https://www.dentalhealth.org/national-smile-month

Many thanks for all of your support and happy smiling!

Sally McGregor, Hillingdon Community Dental Service

Free LBH Training (limited to 100 places for each course)

1 Day Course on Emotional Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA)

On: Friday 7th June 2024

Time: 9 am - 4 pm

At the Council Chambers, Civic Centre, Uxbridge

2 Day Course on Behaviour: From Basic Behaviour Modification to Regulatory, Relational, Reflective and Restorative Approaches

Behaviour Session 1 on: Friday 14th June 2024

Time: 9 am - 4 pm

At the Council Chambers, Civic Centre, Uxbridge

Behaviour Session 2 on: Monday 17th June 2024

Time: 9 am - 4 pm

At the Council Chambers, Civic Centre, Uxbridge

Please note both sessions must be attended

Please scan the QR code in the link below to register to attend the courses.

Free EBSNA 1 Day and Behaviour 2 Day Training Poster (PDF) [1MB]

Please share with your parents / carers

Childminders Needed

Since the pandemic the number of trained childminders has significantly dropped across the borough. Add to this the need for more wrap around care and the changes in childcare funding we are now facing a 'crunch' point.

Here at Learn Hillingdon we offer Childminding Training including support from the Childminding team within the Local Authority.

CHO1039 - Introduction to Childminding is an 8-week course to help prospective childminders understand the course: Click here for information

The course starts Tuesday 18th June (online) 6.30pm-9.30pm.

Becoming a childminder offers:-

·       Flexible working hours that suit you and your family

·       Working from your own home

·       Making a positive impact for children, parents and the wider community

For more information, including how to attend one of our childminding briefings, please email tdonnelly@hillingdon.gov.uk